# 2/5ths of a pound of jojo's please.

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**Created:** [August 27, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5ths-of-a-pound-of-jojos-please/551704 "2010-08-27T18:44:56Z")
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### Author: ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-5ths-of-a-pound-of-jojos-please/551704/13 "2010-08-28T03:55:51Z")

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> [@Giles](#):
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> This is why you need the metric system, so you can ask for 150 grams instead of 1/3 of a pound.

From **tdn** ’s link:

> [@Steven Hawking, move over. The fish monger is now Lord of All Maths.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-hawking-move-over-the-fish-monger-is-now-lord-of-all-maths/234435/8):
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> Ha, what’s wrong with shrimp seller? Something eerily similar happened to me a few years ago.
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> Me: Hi, I’d like 200 grams of shrimp, please.  
> Shrimp guy: Sure!
> 
> Shrimp guy then takes a fistful of shrimps and puts it on a scale. He then becomes slightly nervous, looking around. Finally, he surmises the courage to talk to me.
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> SG: Uh, sir, I can’t give 200 grams, that scale’s in kilos!  
> Me: That’s not a problem. See, it shows 0.170, add more until you get 0.200.  
> SG: Sir, THAT SCALE IS IN KILOS, I can’t give you grams.

**Giles** , you were saying? 😃

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